"A committee is organic rather than mechanical in its nature: it is not a structure but a plant. It takes root and grows, it flowers, wilts, and dies, scattering the seed from which other committees will bloom in their turn."

C. Northcote Parkinson, British Historian

Organization, Committee, Flowers, Will

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"A committee is organic rather than mechanical in its nature: it is not a structure but a plant. It takes root and grows, it flowers, wilts, and dies, scattering the seed from which other committees will bloom in their turn."

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"There are few things more pleasing than the contemplation of order and useful arrangement."

Arthur Phillip, British Soldier

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"In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence."

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"Digital organization is essentially a dynamic, people-centered ecosystem."

Pearl Zhu, American Author

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"Metaphorically, organizations are like vegetable gardens, where each capability is a different type of vegetable growing in the garden."

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"It is best to do things systematically, since we are only human, and disorder is our worst enemy."

Hesiod, Greek Poet

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"The growth of an organization is not dependent on the number of employees in its register. It is dependent on the number of employees who show dedication and commitment to the vision of the organization."

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

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"The organizational fit is the good balance of the fitting attitude and misfit thinking."

Pearl Zhu, American Author

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"A place for everything, everything in its place."

Benjamin Franklin, American Politician

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"When I say time must be converted, what I'm saying is that seconds must be converted, minutes must be converted, hours must be converted and days must be converted."

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"A lack of planning leads to failure."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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"Delay is the deadliest form of denial."

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